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Guest Commentary: Civilized Californians Will Continue Anti-Capital Punishment Fight

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2022
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Guest Commentary: Civilized Californians Will Continue Anti-Capital Punishment Fight

By Stephen Cooper The biggest lie about Proposition 66, California’s poorly drafted new death penalty law ...

By Stephen Cooper The biggest lie about Proposition 66, California’s poorly drafted new death penalty law — only missing another “6” in numbering to be properly identified as the devil’s spawn — is sp ...

June 21, 2022
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Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 16, 2022
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Republican Legislator in Oklahoma Proclaims Glossip to Be an Innocent Man on Death Row, Following Investigative Report

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard Glossip wa ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Oklahoma City, OK – If there was any doubt that Richard Glossip was wrongly convicted and sentenced to die in Oklahoma, the report released on Wednesday and the ...

June 16, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2022
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DAs Discuss Moving Away from the Death Penalty

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to th ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Death Penalty Focus, a California-based non-profit dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty, hosted a webinar on Tuesday featuring a discussion on the dea ...

June 15, 2022
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Attorney for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Claims True Killer Fingered Client to Escape Justice

Posted by Mihajla Milovanovic
|Date: June 15, 2022
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Attorney for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Claims True Killer Fingered Client to Escape Justice

By Mihajla Milovanovic TULSA, OK –A man named Richard Glossip has been on death row for 23 years for the ...

By Mihajla Milovanovic TULSA, OK –A man named Richard Glossip has been on death row for 23 years for the murder of his boss, but his attorney claims while Glossip has been in prison and scheduled for ...

June 15, 2022
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Looking Back: Bringing Wrongful Convictions to the Attention of State Legislators

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|Date: June 05, 2022
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Looking Back: Bringing Wrongful Convictions to the Attention of State Legislators

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

June 05, 2022
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SCOTUS Eliminates Ability to Vindicate Substantial Constitutional Claims of Ineffective Counsel; Dissenting Justices Call Decision ‘Perverse’

Posted by Nora Dahl
|Date: May 29, 2022
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SCOTUS Eliminates Ability to Vindicate Substantial Constitutional Claims of Ineffective Counsel; Dissenting Justices Call Decision ‘Perverse’

By Nora Dahl WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court this week, in a 6-3 ruling, made it far more difficu ...

By Nora Dahl WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court this week, in a 6-3 ruling, made it far more difficult for inmates to exercise their fundamental constitutional right to adequate trial counsel—dis ...

May 29, 2022
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Looking Back: Opposing the Death Penalty Matter Before the Connecticut State Legislature

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|Date: May 22, 2022
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Looking Back: Opposing the Death Penalty Matter Before the Connecticut State Legislature

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a c ...

by Jeffrey Deskovic "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as ...

May 22, 2022
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Guest Commentary: What Anne Marie Schubert and Other Defenders of Capital Punishment Get Wrong

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|Date: May 03, 2022
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Guest Commentary: What Anne Marie Schubert and Other Defenders of Capital Punishment Get Wrong

By Stephen Cooper Editor’s note: Back in August of 2016, Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert, in response t ...

By Stephen Cooper Editor’s note: Back in August of 2016, Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert, in response to a column by former Public Defender Stephen Cooper, writes in a column in the Hill: “Stephen C ...

May 03, 2022
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Lucio Facing Execution in Two Days, Given a New Lease on Life As Execution Stayed to Review Evidence of Innocence

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 26, 2022
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Lucio Facing Execution in Two Days, Given a New Lease on Life As Execution Stayed to Review Evidence of Innocence

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Texas, CA – On Monday, Melissa Lucio found out from Texas State Le ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Texas, CA – On Monday, Melissa Lucio found out from Texas State Legislator, Jeff Leach, a Plano Republican, that she would not be executed this week. The Texas ...

April 26, 2022
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Letter: Bipartisan Texas Legislators Sign onto Support Letter for Melissa Lucio

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|Date: April 16, 2022
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Letter: Bipartisan Texas Legislators Sign onto Support Letter for Melissa Lucio

Brownsville, TX - A bipartisan group of 20 Texas Senators and an even larger group of House members have ...

Brownsville, TX - A bipartisan group of 20 Texas Senators and an even larger group of House members have signed onto letters in support of canceling the execution of Melissa Lucio. The execution is s ...

April 16, 2022
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New Filing in Clarence Dixon Death Penalty Case – Lawyers Claim Dixon Not Competent to Be Executed

Posted by Catherine Potente
|Date: April 12, 2022
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New Filing in Clarence Dixon Death Penalty Case – Lawyers Claim Dixon Not Competent to Be Executed

By Catherine Potente PHOENIX, AZ – Attorneys have filed a Motion to Determine Mental Competency for Clare ...

By Catherine Potente PHOENIX, AZ – Attorneys have filed a Motion to Determine Mental Competency for Clarence Dixon, who has been previously determined as mentally incompetent and legally insane in Ari ...

April 12, 2022
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Letter: Bipartisan Group of 80+ TX State Reps Urging Clemency for Melissa Lucio

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|Date: March 29, 2022
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Letter: Bipartisan Group of 80+ TX State Reps Urging Clemency for Melissa Lucio

On Saturday, a bipartisan group of more than 80 members of the Texas House of Representatives sent the at ...

On Saturday, a bipartisan group of more than 80 members of the Texas House of Representatives sent the attached letter to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles urging clemency for Melissa Lucio. The ...

March 29, 2022
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Newsom Kills Death Row

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|Date: March 28, 2022
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Newsom Kills Death Row

By Adrian G. Torres Published by the Mule Creek Post In a January 31, 2022 press conference, California ...

By Adrian G. Torres Published by the Mule Creek Post In a January 31, 2022 press conference, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his intent to stand by his decision to undo the state’s death r ...

March 28, 2022
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New Expert Analyses Show Melissa Lucio Was Wrongly Convicted and Condemned to Die for the Accidental Death of her Daughter

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2022
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New Expert Analyses Show Melissa Lucio Was Wrongly Convicted and Condemned to Die for the Accidental Death of her Daughter

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Austin, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio have submitted an applica ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Austin, TX - Attorneys for Melissa Lucio have submitted an application for clemency to Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The evid ...

March 24, 2022
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Texas Appeals Court Stays Execution Date for Michael Gonzales on Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct, Intellectual Disability

Posted by Veronica Miller
|Date: March 08, 2022
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Texas Appeals Court Stays Execution Date for Michael Gonzales on Claims of Prosecutorial Misconduct, Intellectual Disability

By Veronica Miller and Jaanvi Kaur AUSTIN, TX - After a 169-page petition filed by the defense team for M ...

By Veronica Miller and Jaanvi Kaur AUSTIN, TX - After a 169-page petition filed by the defense team for Michael Gonzales in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the justices issued a stay of execution ...

March 08, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 145: UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe

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|Date: March 07, 2022
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Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 145: UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe

UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe has had an interesting experience - born in Nigeria, grew up in Texas, a ...

UC Davis Law Professor Irene Joe has had an interesting experience - born in Nigeria, grew up in Texas, and came to California for law school. After law school she worked doing death penalty work wit ...

March 07, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Spitzer Losing Endorsements, but Reisig Has Stuck with Him So Far

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Spitzer Losing Endorsements, but Reisig Has Stuck with Him So Far

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – The fallout from revelations about Orange Coun ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – The fallout from revelations about Orange County DA Todd Spitzer's comments about Black men during death penalty discussions have been severe ...

February 20, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Spitzer Continues His Campaign of Attacking LA, As Questions Swirl Around His Own Racially Insensitive Conduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 18, 2022
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Commentary: Spitzer Continues His Campaign of Attacking LA, As Questions Swirl Around His Own Racially Insensitive Conduct

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Todd Spitzer keeps running the same campaign a ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Todd Spitzer keeps running the same campaign as though nothing has happened, which not only leaves serious questions about his office sitting ...

February 18, 2022
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56 Bi-Partisan Prosecutors, Including 3 from CA, Urge End to Death Penalty in U.S. and Pledge to Overturn Past Unjust Death Sentences

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|Date: February 18, 2022
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56 Bi-Partisan Prosecutors, Including 3 from CA, Urge End to Death Penalty in U.S. and Pledge to Overturn Past Unjust Death Sentences

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Fifty-six elected prosecutors from 26 states, territories and the ...

By The Vanguard Staff WASHINGTON, DC – Fifty-six elected prosecutors from 26 states, territories and the District of Columbia issued a statement urging the end to the death penalty nationwide, pledgin ...

February 18, 2022
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Memo Accuses OC DA Spitzer of Making Racist Comments; Hardin Calls for Him to Resign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2022
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Memo Accuses OC DA Spitzer of Making Racist Comments; Hardin Calls for Him to Resign

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Orange County Prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh was f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Orange County, CA – Orange County Prosecutor Ebrahim Baytieh was fired last week after an internal investigation showed that he repeatedly withheld critical evid ...

February 17, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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